Sorry trying to understand the HOWTO and it's not straight
forward. Which modules are suppose to be modprobed. It
lists several but all I want to do is share a internet
connection(for now:).
> If you just want to share your connection, you just have to go through
> some easy steps :
> First modprobe the necessary modules. They are listed in the
> ipchains-HOWTO, and should already built with mandrake. The kernel should
> also already be properly configured.
>
> Then enable the forwarding :
> echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward.
> If that doesn't work, that means that I was wrong and that you have to
> make a new kernel.
>
> Then you tell the kernel to masq the packages that come from your intranet:
> ipchains -A forward -s a.b.c.d/e -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j MASQ
> where a.b.c.d is the address of your local network and e is the number of
> bit set to 1 in your netmasq (255.0.0.0 -> 8, 255.255.0.0 -> 16,
> 255.255.255.0 -> 24)
> Then you set the gateway of your router to be the one of your ISP
> For your intranet computers, the gateway is your router.
>
> That should do it. Of course, there are a lot of other possibilities with
> ipchains. Thats why you should read the ipchains-HOWTO step by step.
>
> Maybe I forgot some steps, but these are the main ones.
> If you have problems, tell exactly what is going wrong and post the output
> of the ipchains -L command.
>
> HTH
> Flupke
>
> On Thu, 11 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I have been setting up a samba server with adsl connected
> > to several win98 boxes. I was told that to share the dsl
> > connection all I had to do was set up IP chains. I then
> > downloaded the current ip chains howto and am now completely
> > lost. I read the first 4 chapters right up to where you set
> > up the win98 boxes. Do I have to recompile the Kernel (I
> > have never done this before); I am running mandrake 7.02.
> > I was assuming that the IP chains was already built in. Is
> > there a easy way to set it up. I don't mind recompiling but
> > could use any suggestions or help that anyone could put
> > forward.
> >
> > Thanx in advance
> >
> > Mike
> >
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